Agawn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈaɡaʊ/, U.S.

/ˈæɡaʊ/

Forms: 1700s– Agow, 1800s– Agau, 1800s– Agaw, 1900s– Agew.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Geez. Partly a borrowing from Amharic. Etymons: Geez Agäw; Amharic Agäw.

Etymology: Partly < Geez Agäw (4th cent. in Atagäw), and partly < Amharic Agäw, both < a former self-designation (apparently now reflected by Awi, the name of an Agaw people). Compare French Agau, Agaou (1728 in a travel journal translated from Portuguese, or earlier). Compare Byzantine Greek Ἀγαῦ (6th cent.; also Ἀθαγαοὺς, plural, in the same source, but quoting a Hellenistic Greek text).

A. n.

1. (The name of) a group of various related peoples of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti; a member of one of these peoples.

ΚΠ

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. 401 The second [of these nations] were the Agows of Damont... The third are the Agows of Lasta, or Tcheratz Agow, from Tchera, their principal habitation.

1845 C. T. Beke in Proc. Philol. Soc. 2 90 The Hhámara is spoken among the Agaus of Wáag, the northern portion of Lásta—the Tcheratz Agows of Bruce.

1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. ix. 128 Munzinger tells us that the Bogos are Ethnologically and Linguistically connected to the Agau of Lasta.

1982 T. Tamrat in R. Oliver Cambr. Hist. Afr. III. ii. 131 The abbot of the monastery, Yirdi'anne-Kristos, was an Agaw from Bugna.

2010 K. A. Appiah & H. L. Gates Encycl. Afr. at Agaw The Agaw... speak an Afro-Asiatic language in the Cushitic cluster, suggesting that their ancestors lived in the region for thousands of years before the arrival of speakers of Semitic languages.

2. The group of Cushitic languages spoken by or associated with the Agaw.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Cushitic > Cushitic languages

Agaw1808

Bejaa1817

Sidamo1830

Galla1848

Saho1849

Somali1850

Cushitic1854

Afar1869

Danakil1885

1808 A. Murray Acct. Life & Writings James Bruce 436 Probably the native sounds of the Agow and Galla are not very accurately conveyed by the Habbessine alphabet.

1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. ix. 133 Halévy..states distinctly that Falasha is a Dialect of Agau.

1992 Internat. Encycl. Ling. I. 327/1 The most conspicuous development has taken place in Agaw, where cliticized conjunctions and auxiliary elements have fused with the personal endings to form a system of fifty or more ‘tenses’.

2000 New Scientist 12 Aug. 16/2 Agaw, the language of the Ethiopian Jews known as Falasha, survived in Africa despite centuries of persecution by Christian rulers.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Agaw, or the languages associated with them.

ΚΠ

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile III. xi. 553 They were made away with by his order in..the Agow country.

1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. viii. 110 The Agow women begin to bear children at eleven years old.

1874 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 3 195 The Agaw migration or conquest must have preceded the Egyptians.

1974 Afr. Encycl. 48/2 The Agau people are mostly farmers, who grow millet, tef, coffee, and castor oil plants.

1984 Trans. Philol. Soc. 202 The Agaw languages, spoken in widely distributed pockets in the northern half of Ethiopia, belong to the Cushitic family.

2007 F. C. Gamst in Encycl. Aethiopica III. 307/2 The various Agaw groups most likely formed a continuum of blendings of Hebraic, Christian, and ancestral patterns of autochtonous religion.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agaw
释义	Agawn.adj. Brit. /ˈaɡaʊ/, U.S. /ˈæɡaʊ/ Forms: 1700s– Agow, 1800s– Agau, 1800s– Agaw, 1900s– Agew. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Geez. Partly a borrowing from Amharic. Etymons: Geez Agäw; Amharic Agäw. Etymology: Partly < Geez Agäw (4th cent. in Atagäw), and partly < Amharic Agäw, both < a former self-designation (apparently now reflected by Awi, the name of an Agaw people). Compare French Agau, Agaou (1728 in a travel journal translated from Portuguese, or earlier). Compare Byzantine Greek Ἀγαῦ (6th cent.; also Ἀθαγαοὺς, plural, in the same source, but quoting a Hellenistic Greek text). A. n. 1. (The name of) a group of various related peoples of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti; a member of one of these peoples. ΚΠ 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. 401 The second [of these nations] were the Agows of Damont... The third are the Agows of Lasta, or Tcheratz Agow, from Tchera, their principal habitation. 1845 C. T. Beke in Proc. Philol. Soc. 2 90 The Hhámara is spoken among the Agaus of Wáag, the northern portion of Lásta—the Tcheratz Agows of Bruce. 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. ix. 128 Munzinger tells us that the Bogos are Ethnologically and Linguistically connected to the Agau of Lasta. 1982 T. Tamrat in R. Oliver Cambr. Hist. Afr. III. ii. 131 The abbot of the monastery, Yirdi'anne-Kristos, was an Agaw from Bugna. 2010 K. A. Appiah & H. L. Gates Encycl. Afr. at Agaw The Agaw... speak an Afro-Asiatic language in the Cushitic cluster, suggesting that their ancestors lived in the region for thousands of years before the arrival of speakers of Semitic languages. 2. The group of Cushitic languages spoken by or associated with the Agaw. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Afro-Asiatic > [noun] > Cushitic > Cushitic languages Agaw1808 Bejaa1817 Sidamo1830 Galla1848 Saho1849 Somali1850 Cushitic1854 Afar1869 Danakil1885 1808 A. Murray Acct. Life & Writings James Bruce 436 Probably the native sounds of the Agow and Galla are not very accurately conveyed by the Habbessine alphabet. 1883 R. N. Cust Sketch Mod. Langs. Afr. I. ix. 133 Halévy..states distinctly that Falasha is a Dialect of Agau. 1992 Internat. Encycl. Ling. I. 327/1 The most conspicuous development has taken place in Agaw, where cliticized conjunctions and auxiliary elements have fused with the personal endings to form a system of fifty or more ‘tenses’. 2000 New Scientist 12 Aug. 16/2 Agaw, the language of the Ethiopian Jews known as Falasha, survived in Africa despite centuries of persecution by Christian rulers. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Agaw, or the languages associated with them. ΚΠ 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile III. xi. 553 They were made away with by his order in..the Agow country. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) i. viii. 110 The Agow women begin to bear children at eleven years old. 1874 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 3 195 The Agaw migration or conquest must have preceded the Egyptians. 1974 Afr. Encycl. 48/2 The Agau people are mostly farmers, who grow millet, tef, coffee, and castor oil plants. 1984 Trans. Philol. Soc. 202 The Agaw languages, spoken in widely distributed pockets in the northern half of Ethiopia, belong to the Cushitic family. 2007 F. C. Gamst in Encycl. Aethiopica III. 307/2 The various Agaw groups most likely formed a continuum of blendings of Hebraic, Christian, and ancestral patterns of autochtonous religion. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1790
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